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Micah pronunciation

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Kay4546 · 02/02/2023 21:38

We have a 8 month old called Micah, we love not too popular names but never wanted to give our child a name with ambiguous pronunciation.

70% of health professionals I have come into contact with so far have mispronounced his name “Me-kah” instead of “My-kah”.

Will he will have to correct people his whole life and if so should we consider changing it before he gets any older?

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afinishedkiss · 11/02/2023 13:37

Micka.

Viviennemary · 11/02/2023 13:35

Inwould say Mee ka. But dont think its a huge problem. It was just a guess.

Killingmytime · 11/02/2023 13:32

SapphosRock · 02/02/2023 22:12

Lovely name!

If it helps there is a Character in the L Word called Micah so it is unlikely to be mispronounced by any lesbians.

Yes however girls do also pronounce it ‘me-ka’

PurBal · 08/02/2023 09:40

My Kah. I’m in Christian circles and it’s a popular name. Never heard it pronounced any of the other ways mentioned upthread.

Whydoitry · 08/02/2023 08:29

My-kah. That's how the prophet is pronounced around here, and how I pronounce the mineral mica.

Me-kah doesn't make sense to me. The only word starting mic but not pronounced my that I can think of is miscellaneous but that would give you Mick-ah rather than Me-kah.

I have never heard of the singer.

Sarahcoggles · 08/02/2023 00:01

Personally I would change the spelling so it's more obvious. Like many others I'd pronounce it Me-ka. If you want it pronounced Myka, then I'd spell it Myka.

SaticoyStreet · 07/02/2023 23:59

@Cakeandcoffee93 the above was meant to be a reply to you! ❤️

SaticoyStreet · 07/02/2023 23:58

Glad you like your name! I had a bit of a wobble after I named my daughter Myka because receptionists/docs or people who asked her name would would assume she was a boy (fair enough) but I absolutely love it 😊

SaticoyStreet · 07/02/2023 23:55

Hey @Kay4546 I have a daughter named Myka and she gets ‘meeka’ instead of ‘my-ka’ (literally how it’s spelt!!) sometimes too! I knew it would happen. Thankfully I don’t absolutely hate that name, I have a friendly acquaintance named Mika and I always liked her name too. We got Myka for a girl from the show warehouse 13.

everythingsapickle · 07/02/2023 22:27

I’d say me-kah. But I would only make this mistake once and, after you’d corrected me, I’d use your pronunciation! People mispronounce my little one’s name, but if needed I just correct them and it’s fine!

EdgeOfACoin · 07/02/2023 22:05

My-kuh

As in the Bible.

xprincessxjanetx · 07/02/2023 20:33

I pronounce it My-kuh

HinnyHoway · 04/02/2023 18:13

Me-ka only know one and that’s how she pronounces it. I didn’t even know it was a masculine name tbh, never head of Micah Richards but I can’t abide football.

itsme432 · 04/02/2023 17:10

From reading it I pronounced it as Me-kah

blondeshoulderlength · 04/02/2023 17:09

My-kuh like the Mica silicate minerals.

Though I can see how people might pronounce it me-shuh or me-kuh. It looks very similar to Mica which I would say me-shuh.

It's one of those names that people often aren't sure of how to say, a bit like Helena.

QueenOfThorns · 04/02/2023 16:33

ShittyPeasantsFromHampshire · 02/02/2023 22:32

If there's a footballing Micah that's good news. That's the easiest way for an unusual name to filter through to the masses.

Unless you’re my DH, who persists in pronouncing it as ‘Mick-a’ Richards Confused

Cakeandcoffee93 · 04/02/2023 16:33

My name is Myka. I’m a girl but have always liked my name- some mispronounce some get it right. I wouldn’t change it though. It’s mainly a boys name but my spelling is Russian.

Theraffarian · 04/02/2023 16:28

I would have gone with Me-Kah . I wouldn’t change it , and I say that as a person in their 50’s whose name is mis pronounced on a weekly basis , you just get used to it with any name that doesn’t have a very defined right or wrong way to say it .

SignOnTheWindow · 04/02/2023 16:20

Oh, don't change it - it's such a beautiful name!

If it annoys him later in life, he can always use a middle name or change it then. Lots of names are initially mispronounced, so he won't be alone.

20viona · 04/02/2023 16:16

I'd say my kah.

I have the same thing my daughter is called Ayla pronounced with an AY-LA but people always call her Isla. Doesn't bother me for a one off docs apt; anyone else I correct the first time.

SquashPenguin · 04/02/2023 15:55

Would always read it My-kah. I did geology at university and the mineral Mica is pronounced my-kah, so I don’t see why it would be any different.

Happinessandrainbows · 04/02/2023 15:08

I'd think My-Kah straight away.

CharitySchmarity · 03/02/2023 20:49

I've only ever heard it pronounce My-ka until I read this thread. Stick to your guns!

bcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyza · 03/02/2023 06:49

I would pronounce it as Mai kuh as the book in the bible

Beachloveramy · 03/02/2023 06:38

When I was pregnant with my 9mo I posted here about Micah.

I wanted to call him Micah but pronounce it Me-ca and all I had was comments saying that was wrong and that it was My-ca so I went with something else 🤷🏼‍♀️

It's a nice name either way!! Wish I'd kept it in as a middle name.